People v. Mehlberg

JUSTICE WELCH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donald Mehlberg, was convicted on August 31, 1990, of aggravated criminal sexual assault and was sentenced on October 5, 1990, by the circuit court of Montgomery County to 30 years in the Department of Corrections. Defendant raises the following issues for review:(1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence that DNA found in semen in the victim’s panties matched the DNA found in a sample of defendant’s blood;(2) whether defendant was deprived of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel when counsel…